Almost all of us love the hustle and bustle of the Holidays; children and adults look forward to the end results of all the preparation. Do we realize the importance of family traditions on children's health, however?:
The maintenance of family traditions is far more important to children of all ages than most parents realize. Certainly parents recognize how important the coming of Santa Claus is, because the kids get so excited. Try, for example, to teach school the last week before Christmas, and this lesson is clearly driven home. However, the imminent arrival of gifts is not the important part of the tradition. Just as the celebration of Mass helps to define the Roman Catholic religion, family traditions help to determine the boundaries of a family. This is vital to children because the traditions help them to feel more secure by making them part of a clearly defined unit. The traditions make them separate from all their peers and this gives them a sense of belonging.- Dr. Scott Wooding
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